Agenda

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act

Thursday, April 16 Location: International House, UC Berkeley 7.50 CLE Credit Offered
Time (PT)	Topic	Presenter(s)
8:15 – 8:45 a.m.	Breakfast and Check-In
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks 0.25 CLE Credit	Peter Menell, Pamela Samuelson, and Molly Van Houweling, UC Berkeley Law
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.	Opening Keynote 0.5 CLE Credit	Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office
9:30 – 11:15 a.m.	Panel 1: Origins of the 1976 Copyright Act 1.75 CLE Credit	Jane Ginsburg, Columbia Law School Jessica Litman, Michigan Law Peter Menell, UC Berkeley Law (Speaker and Moderator)
11:15 – 11:35 a.m.	Break
11:35 a.m. – 1:05 p.m.	Panel 2: The Role of the Author and the Acquisition and Duration of Their Rights 1.50 CLE Credit	Robert Brauneis, GW Law Peter DiCola, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law David Nimmer, UCLA School of Law Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara School of Law Molly Van Houweling, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator)
1:05 – 2:20 p.m.	Lunchtime Keynote + Lunch 0.50 CLE Credit	Hon. M. Margaret McKeown, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Molly Van Houweling, UC Berkeley Law (Introduction) Erik Stallman, UC Berkeley Law (Q&A Moderator)
2:20 – 2:35	Break
2:35 – 4:05 p.m.	Panel 3: The Scope of Exclusive Rights and Modes of Enforcement 1.50 CLE Credit	Oren Bracha, University of Texas at Austin, School of Law Laura Heymann, William & Mary Law School Justin Hughes, Loyola Law School Christopher Sprigman, NYU Law Erik Stallman, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator)
4:05 – 4:25 p.m.	Break
4:25 – 5:55 p.m.	Panel 4: The Shifting Line Between Federal and State Protection 1.50 CLE Credit	Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Columbia Law School (Speaker and Moderator) R. Anthony Reese, UCI School of Law Guy Rub, Temple University School of Law Marketa Trimble, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
5:55 – 6:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks	Peter Menell, UC Berkeley Law
6:00 – 6:30 p.m.	Reception
6:30 p.m.	Speakers’ Dinner

Friday, April 17 Location: International House, UC Berkeley 3.50 CLE Credit Offered
Time (PT)	Topic	Presenter(s)
8:15 – 8:45 a.m.	Breakfast and Check-In
8:45 – 10:15 a.m.	Panel 5: Copyrightable Subject Matter and the Special Problem of Software 1.50 CLE Credit	Clark Asay, BYU Law A. Feder Cooper, Yale University (co-author Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School) Jule Sigall, former Microsoft Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator and Speaker)
10:15 – 10:35 a.m.	Break
10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.	Panel 6: Unanticipated Consequences of New Technologies and Practices 1.50 CLE Credit	Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt Law Matthew Sag, Emory Law Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School Jennifer Urban, UC Berkeley Law (Speaker and Moderator)
12:05 – 1:35 p.m.	Lunch	Jennifer Urban, UC Berkeley Law (Opens lunch)
1:35 – 1:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks 0.25 CLE Credit	Peter Menell, Pamela Samuelson, and Molly Van Houweling, UC Berkeley Law